Holy Week

A penitent leaves a food shop before taking part in in a "Huerto" religious brotherhood procession on Palm Sunday at the start of Holy Week in Malaga.

Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock all over Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors including tourists from overseas.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Twins boys, Nacho Guirado and Asier, cry as their father, Ignacio, and their uncle, Jose Carlos - also twins - carry them. The penitents in the "Salud" brotherhood lift a float bearing the statue of the Virgin in a Palm Sunday procession.

Religious brotherhoods wearing traditional hoods and robes take part in processions throughout the city's streets for the duration of Holy Week.

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30 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Penitents take part in the procession of the “Gitanos” brotherhood.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas (right) prays inside a church as he takes part as a penitent in the “Lagrimas and Favores” brotherhood.

30 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A member of the “El Cautivo” brotherhood stands on a weighted structure with a statue of the Virgin Mary, traditionally known as a “trono”.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Penitents stand outside a church before they take part in a “Huerto” brotherhood event.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A woman watches a procession by penitents from the “Huerto” brotherhood.

30 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Spanish legionnaires stand together outside a chapel after a changing of the guard of honour at the statue of the Christ of Mena.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Penitents from the “Salud” brotherhood stand outside a church.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A woman, a penitent in the “Huerto” brotherhood, wears a traditional mantilla headdress.

30 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Spanish legionnaires stand to attention near the statue of the Christ of Mena.

29 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Penitents outside a church get ready to take part in a “Huerto” brotherhood event.

30 Mar 2015. MALAGA, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Penitents hold candles as they take part in a procession of the “Gitanos” brotherhood.